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USING THE RADIO
1. Slide
TAPE RADIO OFF/RADIO
to
RADIO
.
2. Slide
AM/FM/FM STEREO
to the desired
band.
3. Adjust
TUNING
to the desired station.
4. Adjust
VOLUME MIN/MAX
as desired.
5. Slide
TAPE RADIO OFF/RADIO
to
TAPE
RADIO OFF
to turn off the radio.
LOADING A CASSETTE TAPE
1. Take up any slack in the tape by turning
the cassette’s hub with a pencil or your
finger. If you do not remove excess slack,
the tape might become tangled in the
record/playback mechanism. Avoid
touching the tape.
2. Press
STOP/EJECT
to open the cassette
compartment door.
3. Load the cassette with its open edge fac-
ing up, its full reel to the right, and the
side you want to play facing out.
4. Gently close the compartment door.
Phones — connect a pair
of headphones (not sup-
plied) with a
1
/
8
-inch (3.5-mm)
plug. Your local RadioShack
store carries a wide selection of
headphones.
Insert the headphones’
1
/
8
-inch
(3.5-mm) plug into the cassette
recorder’s phones jack.
Note: Connecting headphones
automatically disconnects the
built-in speaker.
TONE LOW/HIGH — slide TONE
to LOW to enhance the bass
sound or to HIGH to enhance the
treble sound.
TAPE RADIO OFF/RADIO
— slide to turn the radio on
and off and to use the cas-
sette functions.
AM/FM/FM STEREO — slide to select the
band. Select FM STEREO to hear sound in
stereo. FM STEREO lights when receiving
an FM station in stereo. If the reception is
weak when using FM STEREO, select FM
instead. The sound will be monaural, but
the reception should improve.
TUNING — rotate to select the
desired AM or FM station.
VOLUME — slide to adjust the
sound volume.
The radio/cassette player’s au-
tomatic level control circuitry au-
tomatically adjusts the recording
level. Adjusting VOLUME does
not affect the recording.
Antenna — to get the best
FM reception, fully extend
the telescoping antenna. The
AM antenna is built-in. Ro-
tate the radio for the best AM
reception.
PAUSE — press to
temporarily stop a tape.
Press again to resume
play, recording, rewind-
ing, or fast-forwarding.
STOP/EJECT — press to
stop tape play, recording,
fast-forwarding, or rewinding,
or to open the cassette com-
partment door.
Note:
The radio/cassette
player’s auto stop function
saves battery life by turning
off the motor and releasing
the tape-handling parts when
the tape reaches its end.
REWIND — press to rewind
a tape to the desired location.
FAST-F — press to fast-
forward a tape to the de-
sired location.
PLAY
RECORD — press to record
from the radio or live, using the
built-in MIC.
Note: Sometimes taped AM
broadcasts produce a whistling
sound that you can hear, called a
“beat.” Slide BEAT CUT (on the
back of the radio/cassette play-
er) to the position that produces
the best quality recording.
